Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

This trend begs the question: How can we encourage our students to read both inside and outside the classroom? Below are strategies and resources I’ve used to cultivate a reading culture in my classroom. Over half of my current students struggle to read and comprehend grade-level texts. Booklist Assignment.

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Catlin Tucker

JULY 17, 2023

A simple strategy that I have used to help teachers design offline student-led collaborative stations is talking chips, also known as discussion chips. This is an easy way to promote student choice in the classroom and allow the conversation to feel more natural and free-flowing.

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Catlin Tucker

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

They can fill out a simple Google form, add their name to ClassroomQ, or put a post-it note with their name in a box labeled “waiting room” on the front board. What assessment strategy will you use? Can you build student agency into the assessment strategy so students can decide how they demonstrate or share their learning?

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Catlin Tucker

OCTOBER 24, 2021

After reading Catlin Tucker’s blog post, 5 Strategies to Engage Learners Around Flipped Instruction , I was inspired to reflect on and revise a mini-unit I designed focusing on the short film Alike by Daniel Martinez Lara and Rafa Cano Méndez. I love reimagining a unit or lesson after I have taught it a few times.

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Tom Murray

MAY 14, 2017

From those in official leadership positions to those looking to create dynamic and authentic experiences for kids in their classrooms next fall, these eight books are worth the read! Recommended for Classroom Leaders: Book: Teaching Math with Google Apps: 50 G Suite Activities. Check them out!

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Edsurge

JUNE 12, 2020

This is the second of a three-part series looking at how social-emotional learning strategies can support teachers of students with learning differences during the pandemic. Was it best for students to access material on a dashboard and, if so, should it be housed on one platform, such as Google Classroom, or spread across a few?

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Shake Up Learning

JANUARY 16, 2024

I’m making it a priority to help myself and others learn strategies to escape burnout. Emily Nagoski dives deep into the complexities of stress and burnout, offering insights and strategies to break free from the cycle. Get your copy here and transform your classroom practices.

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EdTechTeam

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

More than just an online worksheet, Hyperdocs allow teachers to intentionally design powerful lessons reflecting UDL principles in a sequence of personalized tasks. Hyperdoc digital lesson design allow teachers the opportunity to develop, design, curate and create content and assessment that is authentic to your classroom and audience.

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EdTechTeam

AUGUST 14, 2018

From typing in challenging URLs to trying to get students’ attention for directions, to workflow strategies for collecting and evaluating work, teaching with technology was a challenge. Whether it be ‘on tech’ or ‘off-tech’ these blended learning lessons can be designed to meet the needs of each classroom. Lisa Highfill.

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Shake Up Learning

AUGUST 3, 2021

In this episode, Kasey shares her best tips and ideas for creating and using digital choice boards in the K-12 classroom. You’ll learn some of the common misconceptions about creating choice boards, but most importantly, you’ll learn how to get started with utilizing the choice board for your classroom. Click To Tweet.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 13, 2018

Would you want to be a learner in your classroom? This may be especially true in classrooms where material is presented in a one-size-fits-all format. Many educators know it as the building blocks behind Universal Design for Learning, or UDL. UDL is not a special ed thing or even a general ed thing. It’s just an ed thing.

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Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

In my last blog, I focused on the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) principle of representation. In this post, I want to explore the third, and final, UDL principle of action and expression. This choice allows students to select a strategy for communicating their ideas that is comfortable for them.

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Fractus Learning

MARCH 23, 2016

Countless educational technologies and strategies exist to help engage students, represent content differently and provide students with creative ways to demonstrate their understanding. One popular educational model called the Flipped Classroom, combines the power of technology and pedagogy to enhance learning. Challenges of Flipping.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 20, 2020

Bell 1:30 PM Empowering Students in a Distance Learning Environment with John Spencer (60 minutes) 3:00 PM Personalizing the Online Classroom Through Creative Teaching and Learning (60 minutes) with Candy Mowen 4:00 PM Rethinking Students Evaluations as a Tool to Improve Online Instruction (30 minutes) with Steven J.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 15, 2020

Often distracted and easily bored, these students are also critical thinkers capable of thriving in the online classroom while learning 21st-century skills. In moving from classroom-based instruction to online instruction, the role of the faculty member changes from the content presenter to the facilitator of online learning.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 29, 2014

Updates Partner Spotlight Partner Announcements Calendar of Events Deadlines Highlighted Recordings Conversations Updates "Reinventing the Classroom" Starts Wednesday Evening! Reinventing the Classroom" Call for Volunteers. Come join our free online conference this Wednesday evening and all day Thursday. No problem!

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SpeechTechie

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

Many visitors to the booth reported that the site is definitely something they have been looking for- a "Google for therapy apps." Though I didn''t want to jump into the session when suggestions were called for, as my own suggestion would have been entirely predictable, the topic made me think of Universal Design For Learning (UDL).

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Catlin Tucker

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

A Quick Review of Explicit Teaching Explicit teaching is a high-impact teaching strategy in which the teacher shows students precisely what to do and how to do it. 2) Use a Google Form to administer this pre-assessment and enter the correct answers so it automatically grades itself and surfaces the students’ data. MagicSchool.ai

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Fractus Learning

MAY 6, 2015

Have you looked around your classroom lately? I often provide my students with a visual dictionary called Blanchan Shahi , which combines the power of text definitions with pictures from Yahoo, Flickr, and Google images. No matter your population, there is a tremendous amount of variability or diversity that exists.

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Hapara

MAY 13, 2022

to develop strategies leveraging technology to achieve the goals. Finally, does it meet Universal Design for Learning (UDL) criteria for accessibility? Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is a framework developed by CAST, a founding partner of the Understood nonprofit. Tips to vet edtech tools for accessibility .

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Catlin Tucker

OCTOBER 29, 2021

It was one of the first models, along with the flipped classroom, that I could employ in my low-tech classroom. Collaboration Use a collaborative suite (Google or Microsoft) to get students collaborating in digital spaces around shared tasks. I have a soft spot for the station rotation model. I thought, “What the heck?

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